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        <journal-title>TMP Universal Journal of Research and Review Archives</journal-title>
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        <publisher-name>Twisting Memoirs Publication</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.69557/ujrra.v5i1.255</article-id>
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        <article-title>The Price of Silence: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Parental Help-Refusal, and Community Readiness for Disability in Ladakh </article-title>
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            <given-names>Edzes Angmo</given-names>
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      <aff id="aff-1">Indraprastha College for Women</aff>
      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-04-17">
        <day>17</day>
        <month>04</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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      <volume>5</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
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        <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2026 Edzes Angmo</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License which permits unrestricted use, sharing, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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        <p>Ladakh, located in India's extreme north, is a socially close-knit community shaped by shared beliefs and a sense of closeness. While Ladakh exists today as a rapidly developing region, with burgeoning infrastructure and connectivity with the rest of the country, some areas still have limited attention, particularly in attitudes toward disability. This study offers an in-depth qualitative exploration of parental help-refusal for children with disabilities in Ladakh. Through reflexive thematic analysis, the research examines how help-refusal is understood by parents and factors contributing to this phenomenon. Community awareness is further examined using the Community Readiness Model to measure levels of awareness, openness to assistance, and engagement with available services. In such scenarios, the entire family unit is affected, thus making it crucial to consider the parental experiences. Furthermore, their perspectives offer a rich understanding of how disability is viewed within families and communities in Ladakh.&amp;nbsp;</p>
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